Chapter 979 Helian Mountain Pass
If you want to get help from her, you have to take heavy medicine, Angelo once again strengthened your thoughts, and said to Queen Enid: "Have you ever thought about it, if the Holy See officially establishes the country, what should you do? I'm afraid it's not that easy to go back to be the saint of the Holy See. After all, you once sat in the highest position in the royal court, and you have the purest blood of the royal family in your stomach. You and the child in your stomach will become the ruler of the Holy See. most destabilizing factor."
"I know my situation very well. I don't need Angelo's messenger to remind me. What exactly do you want to express?" Although Queen Enid's face was expressionless, her slightly flickering eyes showed that Angelo had poked her. sore spot.
Queen Enid was able to sit in her current position, and she sat very firmly. She was definitely not a puppet supported by the Holy See. She must be a smart person with flexible wrists. She might not have considered her current situation.
As long as the other party has his own considerations, he has a chance.
Angelo was overjoyed, and said persistently: "What I want to say is that your majesty and the queen are blood relatives, and the bones and tendons are broken. At this critical moment, we should support each other. If the queen helps your majesty, help cross the plateau After this crisis, the entire plateau will miss the Queen's kindness. The Holy See will be somewhat hesitant before taking corresponding actions against the Queen. What's more, His Majesty doesn't ask for much. All you need is to put pressure on the leader of the Yongye army. , so that they don't dare to act rashly, of course, if it can lead to an all-out war by the Holy See against the Eternal Night Army, that would be even better..."
"An all-out war between the Holy See and the Yongye Army Commander? I'm afraid you are thinking too much... The Holy See just signed a compensation agreement with the Yongye Army Commander a few months ago. Don't you know the specific meaning it represents?" Yi Queen Ned coldly interrupted Angelo's lobbying.
"The past was the past, and the present is the present. The last time the war happened too hastily, I'm afraid the Holy See itself was not fully prepared, and the plateau only heard the news in this regard sporadically after the war. If This time the Plateau and the Holy See will join forces to send troops on both sides, which will inevitably make the leaders of the Yongye army unable to look at each other." Angelo said persistently, "There will be a battle between the Holy See and the Yongye army leader sooner or later, rather than waiting until the other side is fully prepared It is better to start a war when it is best for you to start a war."
"As expected of a proud student of the University of Ardonia, his opinions in all aspects are indeed above that of ordinary people, but there are too many personal subjective ideas in it. What you just said involves hundreds of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people. An all-out war involving the deaths of millions of people, can it be said that it can be brought about?" Queen Enid was not moved by Angelo's words in the slightest.
"Only by trying it will we know if it will happen. If we just sit here and wait, no miracle will happen." Angelo crazily poured chicken soup for the soul to Queen Enid.
"I don't need to say anything more. I already understand the purpose of your trip. I will carefully consider the things my father entrusted to me, both public and private. The envoy Angelo must be exhausted after a long journey. You might as well take a rest first. Let me also think about it, what should I do next, maybe I will continue to use your mouth to lobby more people." Queen Enid waved her hand and made a gesture of seeing off the guests.
"That's fine." Angelo could only accept the other party's proposal, "But I would like to ask the Queen to make a decision as soon as possible. The Yongye Army Leader will not leave us too much time."
"I see," Queen Enid replied.
When Queen Enid met with Angelo, although she was very indifferent.
But after the incident, he actively ran around, not only visited the major bishops of the Holy See in the capital, but also sent letters to all the bishops who could speak in front of Pope St. George, inquiring about their tone, At the same time, they want to put pressure on the side of Pope St. George through them.
It is not so much that the conditions made public by Christine moved her, it is better to say that Queen Enid worked hard for her own survival.
No one is willing to be an abandoned child, she must create future living conditions for herself and her unborn child.
There were indeed many people in the Holy See who were attracted by the various conditions offered by Queen Enid and helped her facilitate this matter.
But when it comes to Pope St. George, everything is gone.
Not to mention the all-out war against the leader of the Eternal Night Army, Pope St. George lacked interest in even the conditions for joining the Holy See thrown out by Grand Duke Christine, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the preparations for the Holy See Empire.
Not that Pope St. George is so contractual.
Rather, he was very aware of Grand Duke Christine's small calculations. The so-called joining the Holy See might be another round of empty promises.
If the Huayu Plateau and Carter's army leader were like that, they would be able to travel unimpeded and freely.
Pope St. George may still be a bit tempted. It is impossible to start a full-scale war with his future allies for a piece of chicken rib.
The demons that are gathering in the extreme north are their biggest threat in the future.
Before they become powerful, driving them out of this continent is the top priority.
The inequalities in information doomed Grand Duke Christine and the others to work in vain like clowns.
Even a top-level wise man like the University of Ardonia, limited by the information he has in his hands, has great limitations in his judgment and analysis.
This is the crushing of the general trend.
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Flower Language Plateau.
Helian Pass.
There was a turmoil of people, and the banners flew up to the sky.
At all times, there are private armies of local nobles flying different banners, gathering from all directions.
This place was chosen by Earl Nicholas to intercept the first line of defense led by the Yong Ye army.
Although Earl Nichols and the others did not fully believe in Viscount Gould's views on the Eternal Night Army, they still played a positive role in them, making them pay more attention to the opponent of the Eternal Night Army, and took more active measures against him. strategy and tactics.
It is undoubtedly the best choice to further strengthen the natural defense lines of both sides and block the main force of the Yongye army under the plateau.
The Helian Mountain Pass is the only way to attack the Huayu Plateau from the Dunao Plain on a large scale.
The fault mountains between the Huayu Plateau and the Donau Plain have unique features that other mountains do not have—no matter how high other mountains are, they will more or less have ups and downs, with mountain ridges and valley bottoms.
There is still a gap as huge as a fracture in the Duanmai mountain range that separates the Byron Alliance and the Odin Prairie.
There are no fault mountains, at least not in the direction leading to the Huayu Plateau.
Because compared to the Duonao Plain, the Huayu Plateau is located on the top of a mountain with an altitude of more than two to three kilometers. The entire mountain range is all the way up in the direction of the Huayu Plateau.
In many places, there are often tens of meters or even hundreds of meters of 80-90-degree cliffs. Unless you are a climber who has been specially trained since childhood, it is difficult to climb and cross here, let alone allow the army to walk through here.
This is the implication of the word fault in the fault mountain range.
The Helian Pass is relatively large, and it is easier to enter and exit a gap in the fault mountain range.
Originally, there were a thousand slaves belonging to the elite soldiers of the Bryan family stationed here all the year round.
The original purpose was naturally to guard the leading gate and prevent people from entering and leaving at will.
However, with the rise of trade between Huayu Plateau and Yongye Junling, the scale has increased significantly every year, and a new function has been added here - setting up cards to collect taxes.
In the past two years, this item alone has made the Bryan family and the Yamaguchi garrison a lot of money.
Naturally, the Yamaguchi garrison also traded shotguns for cannons. It has been upgraded from a dilapidated camp to a small town, and the number of people living here has also soared.
The mountain road outside the mountain pass, which has not changed much for hundreds of years, has also been repaired and widened several times by businessmen who have made huge profits from it.
As for whether there was any instigation by the leader of the Yongye army to prepare for their future march on the Huayu Plateau, only the senior leaders of the Yongye army will know.
However, human power is limited in the face of nature.
Although the Helian Mountain Pass and the mountain roads outside have been rebuilt and widened, they are still synonymous with ruggedness and difficulty. The mountain roads that are short of 160 kilometers and less than 200 kilometers require time, energy, manpower and material resources. Let them travel thousands of kilometers on flat roads.
This is the biggest reliance of the Huayu Plateau executives.
"How's the build-up of troops going?" Earl Nicholas shook the Yin red wine in the tall glass, sat high on the large general's chair, and tried hard to show his majesty as a general.
It's a pity that his appearance is too strange, from a distance, he looks more like a big horse monkey squatting on a stool.
But no one dared to show the meaning of ridicule, not even an abnormal natural expression.
The grass on the grave of the last person who dared to do this was already half the height of a person.
"As of yesterday, thirty-five lords have arrived with their own troops, and 18 more are on their way. In addition, there are six lords who have sent letters, saying It’s because the revolutionaries in their territory are making too much noise, and they need some time to suppress it, so there will be a delay in arriving.” Earl Nickles’ military statistician quickly replied without thinking.
"The number of soldiers, I want the number of soldiers. They are the key to the war. No matter how many people come, if they come empty-handed, we will have no troops." Earl Nichols reprimanded dissatisfied.
The ability of my own military statistician is nothing to say. It is not an easy task to complete the statistics of so many troops with different numbers and affiliations at such a fast speed.
The only downside is that every time I report to myself, I always fail to grasp the key points of the matter.
"Currently 46,000 people have been gathered, and 20,000 to 30,000 are still on the way." The military statistician replied again.
"Already almost 50,000 soldiers." The goblet in Nicholas's hand could not help shaking faster, and the shaking wine in it formed a small vortex, "Where is the movement of the Yongye Army Commander? Is there any army?" Drive into the mountains?"
"The army led by the Yongye Army is still stationed at the assembly point, and has no intention of moving into the mountain at all. There will be shouts of drills coming from their camp every day. They seem to be training." The general in charge of the investigation work Hastily came out and replied.
"What do you mean by seeming? What I want is accurate information. After such a long time, have you ever given me an affirmative answer?" There was unconcealable anger in Earl Nichols' words.
"General, calm down, it's not that we don't work hard, but that the defense of the Yongye army leader is very tight, and our sentries can't touch it at all. As long as we get closer to their barracks for three kilometers, our sentries will never return. Not to mention bringing back news." The general himself was full of grievances.
"A bunch of trash." Earl Nicholas cursed angrily, but there was nothing he could do about it, because this was the third intelligence general he had replaced in the past few weeks, and it wouldn't make much sense to replace him again.
Everyone failed to spy on the intelligence one after another, which shows that it is not that these intelligence generals have problems with their abilities, but that the other party's secrecy work in this area is really good.
"General, this behavior of the enemy is really abnormal. Judging from the first intelligence collected by our spy post, the total number of troops assembled by the other party this time is no less than one hundred thousand. This is not a small number. This kind of abnormal behavior must be brewing a conspiracy." The scholar and wise man next to Earl Niklus couldn't help but said.
"Do you need to remind me? You tell me, what kind of conspiracy are they planning?" Earl Nicholas asked back with his eyes wide open.
"This..." The scholar wise man was at a loss for words.
No matter how smart a wise man wants to make a perfect plan, it is also based on a lot of information.
If the plan formulated without fully understanding the enemy's situation is like a castle in the air, it is doomed to fail.
Earl Nichols snorted and said: "Continue to increase the number of spy posts, try to use the shortest possible time to find out what the hell the army led by the Yongye army is gathering together, and keep an eye on them. If they have any I want to know the military movement as soon as possible."
"Obey." The general in charge of intelligence hurriedly got up and took the order.
"An order is sent to all the adults who have not yet arrived, let them garrison and eat in the nearest town, keep the road clear, and follow our dispatch at any time. We must be prepared for a protracted war." Earl Nichols promulgated the second order.
Unable to fully grasp the intelligence of the enemy's movements, Earl Nichols took relatively conservative military actions.
Nearly 50,000 troops are enough to fill the Helian Mountain Pass to the brim, and here it mainly relies on geographical advantages.
No matter how many people come over, it will put more pressure on their logistics supplies.
Although Earl Nichols had never experienced any major battles in his life, he came from a military family after all, received a systematic elite education, and his military literacy was definitely not bad.